Namibia Participates in the 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Peer Review Forum

Representing the Government of the Republic of Namibia, the Vice President, H.E. Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, attended the 32nd Ordinary Session of the African Peer Review (APR) Forum, which was held virtually in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 9 February 2023. The Session was chaired by H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

The APR Forum was attended by the Heads of State and Government of Sierra Leone, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Malawi, Rwanda, and Niger; the Vice President of Namibia; the Prime Minister of Congo; the Deputy Prime Minister of Lesotho; and the Cabinet Secretary of Kenya.

The Union of Comoros acceded to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as the 43rd Participating

Member State. The APRM encouraged all African Union (AU) Member States that have not yet joined the APRM to accede to the mechanism and those that have acceded but have not undertaken the First APRM Country Review process to do so.

The Forum considered and peer-reviewed the Country Review Report of the Republic of Niger as well as the Targeted Review Report on the Fiscal Decentralisation of the Republic of Djibouti.

The Forum also recommended for appointment by the Assembly: Dr. Abdoulie Janneh, representing West Africa, as the Chairperson of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons, and Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, representing Southern Africa, as the Vice Chairperson of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons.